4.1. Supported Guest Operating Systems

The guest operating systems listed below have been tested and are supported in virtual machines.

Note

Only the x64 architecture is supported.

Windows virtual machines:

Version

Edition

CPU hot plug support

RAM hot plug support

Windows Server 2022

Essentials

No

No

Standard, Datacenter

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2019

Essentials

No

No

Standard, Datacenter

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2016

Essentials

No

No

Standard, Datacenter

Yes*

Yes

Windows Server 2012 R2

Essentials, Standard, Datacenter

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2012

Standard, Datacenter

Yes

Yes

Windows Server 2008 R2

Standard, Datacenter

No

No

Windows 10

Home, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise 2016 LTSB

No

No

Windows 8.1

Home, Professional, Enterprise

No

No

Windows 7

Home, Professional, Enterprise

No

No

Note

  • CPU hot plug does not work properly due to a Windows bug with a wrongly installed driver. To fix the issue, refer to this solution.

Linux virtual machines:

Distribution

Version

CPU hot plug support

RAM hot plug support

Rocky Linux

8.x

Yes

Yes

AlmaLinux

8.x

Yes

Yes

CentOS

8.x, 7.x

Yes

Yes

6.x

No

No

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

8.x, 7.x

Yes

Yes

Debian

10.x, 9.x

Yes

Yes

Ubuntu

20.04.x, 18.04.x

Yes

Yes

16.04.x

No

No